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Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
common route of infection ... Cardiopulmonary Syndrome ... +/- diarrhea Diagnosis ... Treatment: • ... #microbiology #
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
food, salad bar Clinical ... Diagnosis: ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Listeriosis Summary - Listeria Monocytogenes
Pathogen: Listeria Monocytogenes - Gram-positive rod, Aerobic, facultative anaerobe, motile, beta-hemolytic, Non-spore-forming
Risk
food, salad bar Clinical ... Diagnosis: ... Gastroenteritis) • PCR ... infectiousdiseases #treatment ... #microbiology
Chagas Disease (American trypanosomiasis) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Acute Chagas Disease (8-12 weeks):
 • Mild: Malaise,
Treatment: ... chronic infection ... evidence of cardiac ... evidence of cardiac ... #Management #Microbiology
Mycoplasma genitalium: microbiology, screening/diagnosis, clinical syndromes, treatment, and other notes

By Dr. Sara Dong @swinndong via Febrile
Mycoplasma genitalium: microbiology ... , screening/diagnosis ... , clinical syndromes ... , treatment, and ... Diseases #Infections
Cold Agglutinin Disease

3 Types of Cold Sensitive Antibodies:
  1. Cold Agglutinins (CAD)
  2. Donath-Landsteiner
Cold Agglutinin Syndrome ... Clinical Presentation ... Hemoglobinuria (PCH ... hemolytic #anemia #hematology ... #diagnosis
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
Differentiation Syndrome ... Triggers: ATRA treatment ... : Infection (sepsis ... fluid overload, PCC ... #management #hematology
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... : • Infectious ... , DIC, TMA • Cardiac ... #management #treatment ... #rheumatology
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
: Overwhelming clinical ... syndrome associated ... can mimic common infections ... : • Infection ... #hematology
Myasthenia Gravis Overview

Myasthenia Gravis is an autoimmune disorder of the postsynaptic neuromuscular junction.  Ab to
Clinical Picture ... Miller Fischer and PCB ... myasthenia Diagnosis ... precipitated by: Drugs, infection ... Myasthenia #Gravis #diagnosis